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There Is No Hibernate Option In Shut down Menu On Windows 8 Desktop PC

If you are looking for Hibernate option in Start shutdown menu on Windows 8 and 7 PC, you may wonder, there won't be such an option. It is because Hibernation is disabled on desktop computers running on Windows 7 and 8. Instead, there is another power mode named hybrid sleep is enabled by default. This is a special mode can be placed between sleep and hibernation mode. Meanwhile, Hybrid Sleep is disabled on on laptops by default. This tutorial explains how to display hibernation option on Start shutdown menu on a Desktop PC having Windows 8 or 7. At the end of this guide, I have listed some differences between these two power modes. Look at the screenshot of shutdown menu on my computer. There is no hibernate option.

How to Turn On Hibernation in Shutdown Menu

If you do not see hibernate option in shutdown menu, it is because hybrid sleep is enable by default. In order to enable hibernation, we must disable hybrid sleep first and then enable Hibernation. Steps are listed below.

1. Disable Hybrid Sleep

Go to Control Panel

Select view by Large Icon and click Power Options

Click on Change plan settings under currently selected power plan

Click Change advanced power settings link

Click on Sleep to expand and click allow hybrid sleep

Click the On link to select turn off

Click Apply and save

2. Enable Hibernation

Type cmd on Search

Right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator

type the command powercfg -h on and press enter

This step will restore hiberfil.sys file on your PC.

Now check whether you can see hibernate option in shutdown menu.

Differences Between Hibernation and Hybrid Sleep

Now let us check the differences between these two power modes and how they affect the system. It is not rare to see many users use these two terms interchange without knowing the difference. You can see a table below which explains the very basic differences between these two modes on a Windows computer.

Hibernation

Hybrid Sleep

Designed For Laptops

Designed For Desktop Computers

Turned On By default on Laptops

Turned on By Default Desktop PC

Active data is Stored on hard disk and turn off the laptop

Active data is stored on memory as well as hard disk and put the PC in to low power state